Legal Opinion

Clark v. Bever

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 2, 1891No. 116PublishedCited by 85 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The case .is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

In the year 1872, the Burlington, Cedar Bapids and Minnesota Bail way Company — of which at the .time the intestate George Greene was president, as well as a stockholder, and of which he continued to be president until February, 1875, — had a settlement with the Northwestern Construction Company, of which also Greene was a member, for work done in building a part of its road. This settlement showed' the sum of $70,000 to be due the Construction Company. The railway company, being unable to pay this claim in money, delivered to the Construction Company thirty-five hundred shares of its stock,…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
  3. Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  4. Upton v. TribilcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  5. Burgess v. SeligmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. Marvine Markham v. City of Newport News, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
  2. Barber Asphalt Pav. Co. v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  3. Hospes v. Northwestern Manuf'g & Car Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  4. Camden v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Gross v. WeingartenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000

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